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Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 18ct gentleman's wristwatch, reference no. 1803, serial no. 2684xxx, circa 1971, grey dial with applied gilt baton markers, minute track with five minute divisions, day/date apertures and sweep centre seconds, fluted bezel, signed cal. 1556 26 jewel movement, signed c...
Gardiner Houlgate 
United Kingdom · lot 25 · listed
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- Estimate
- USD 9,243GBP 7,000 – USD 13,205GBP 10,000
- First seen
- 10 h ago
What to bid
Rough bid guideWe could not match this listing to auction results for its exact reference, so there is no bid ladder. Here is a rough guide from what dealers ask for the 363 Rolex Day Date listings we have, all versions, instead.
- The house estimates
- USD 9,243 – 13,205
- If it sells like the rest
- about USD 8,504 hammer
Across the 19,141 auction results we track from 149 houses, watches that sold went for a median 0.92× their low estimate (the middle half 0.75–1.21×); unsold lots are not counted. Estimates are set by the house to draw bidders, so treat this as context, not a valuation.
Bought here, the buyer's premium, shipping, and import VAT and duty to Denmark add about 68% to the hammer. Stop at about USD 13,500 and you pay 20% less than a dealer's USD 28,652: a fair discount for buying without a dealer's warranty or return. A rough guide from every Rolex Day Date listing we have (USD 28,652 – 68,357), not the same reference; no title came close enough to narrow them down, and they mix sizes and versions, so we take the cheaper quarter of what dealers ask.
Before you bidfive checks
- The seller guarantees in writing that the watch is genuine and takes it back if it is not.
- The photos show the case back, clasp, and the serial and reference numbers between the lugs. Ask for them if not.
- You know every fee: the buyer's premium (often 20–25% online), shipping and insurance, and import VAT.
- "New", "polished" and "electronically tested" prove nothing: polished means it has been worked on, and an electronic test checks gold, not a watch.
- Decide your maximum before the sale and don't go above it.
Landed price estimate delivered to Denmark as a private buyer · set yours
- Low estimate
- USD 9,243
- Buyer's premium
- USD 2,218
- VAT on premium
- USD 444
- Customs duty
- USD 416
- Import VAT
- USD 3,136
- Shipping
- USD 224
- Landed
- USD 15,681 +69.6%
fees for Gardiner Houlgate; no bid yet: computed at the low estimate; premium 24%; VAT 20% on premium; shipping ≈ EUR 200 (world); import from GB: duty 4.5% + import VAT 25%. An estimate from published fee terms, not a quote.
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